Chemonie Plantation was a forced-labor farm of in northern

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, United States, established by Hector Braden. By 1860, 64

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worked the land, which was primarily used to produce cotton as a

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Location

Chemonie Plantion was situated on two separate tracts of land. The first tract was located between Centerville Road and the Monticello Road occupying a large amount of land. The second tract was south and slightly east. It was on the Leon County/ Jefferson County line. Adjacent plantations: * Evergreen Hills Plantation to the west * Tuscawilla Plantation to the north.

The owners

*Hector Braden. *In 1811, George Noble Jones was born to Noble Wimberly Jones and Sarah (Fenwick) Jones. Jones was from a long line of wealthy colonial men. His forefather, Noble Jones established Wormsloe Plantation near

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. On May 18, 1840, Noble married Mary Savage Nuttall and purchased Chemonie as well as the Nuttall's

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. He spent the summer months at his Kingscote Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, until the Civil War.

Plantation statistics

The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the Chemonie Plantation had the following: *Improved Land: *Unimproved Land: *Cash value of plantation: $18,400 *Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $1300 *Cash value of farm animals: $2,608 *Number of enslaved persons: 64 *Bushels of corn: 5000 *Bales of cotton: 200

20th century

Around 1945, David S. Ingalls, a director of Pan Am World Airways and

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of Cincinnati Times-Star with Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr. an executive with M.A. Hanna Company, a coal company, purchased Chemonie Plantation, a quail hunting plantation, which became part of the Ireland-Ingalls ownership, a joint business concern. Aside from quail, Chemonie shared of land in corn production.Paisley, Clifton, ''From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967'', University of Florida Press, 1968. pp. 91-92

References

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*Paisley, Clifton; ''From Cotton To Quail'', University of Florida Press, c1968.

External links

Jones, George Noble. Births and Deaths on Chemonie Plantation, 1851, FLJones, George Noble. List of Slaves on Chemonie Plantation Who Received Clothing in 1851, FLJones, George Noble, Slaves on Chemonie Plantation, 1852, in Family Groups, FLJones, George Noble. List of Slaves on El Destino Plantation in 1847, in Family Groups, FLJones, George Noble. Slaves Sold to Joseph Bryan, 1860, FL
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